Just as CBS News gets a moment in the sun, the boss is ousted

Shuttling between hot spots in the Middle East for the past three weeks, CBS News anchorman Dan Rather has been just where he likes to be: at the center of the action. But last week he missed a big story back on his home turf. In another spasm of turmoil at the angst-ridden House of Murrow, CBS News president David Burke, 54, was forced to resign after two years on the job. Eric Ober, 48, a 24-year veteran of CBS who currently runs the five local stations that the network owns, will become the fourth news president since Laurence Tisch took...